Vugar Alakbarov Explained

Vüqar Alakbarov
Fullname:	Vüqar Mursal Alakbarov
Weight Class:	Middleweight
Club:	Neftchi Petrol, Baku
Birth Place:	Mingachevir, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height:	1.78m (05.84feet)
Weight:	91kg (201lb)

Vugar Mursal Alakbarov (Azerbaijani: Vüqar Mursal Ələkbərov; born 5 January 1981) is an Azerbaijani boxer.

Alakbarov competed in the middleweight class (−75 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the quarter final in the heavyweight class.^[1] He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Warsaw, Poland.

Olympic results

2000 (Middleweight)^[1]

• Defeated Peter Kariuki Ngumi (Kenya) 12–3
• Defeated Paul Miller (Australia) 9–8
• Defeated Akin Kuloglu (Turkey) 18–8
• Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez (Cuba) 9–19

2004 (Heavyweight)^[1]

• Defeated Spyridon Kladouchas (Greece) 18–14
• Lost to Naser Al Shami (Syria) DQ 4 (1:40)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vüqar Mursal Ələkbərov. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023825/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lk/vuqar-mursal-lkbrov-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports-Reference.com. 2 April 2009.